Improvement in paper wrappers for needles



TENT QFFICE.

MARY EMMA BAYLIS, OF REDDITCH, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY BAYLI S, OFNEI/V YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER WRAPPERS FOR NEEDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,967, dated August15, 1871.

To all lolz/om it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY EMMA BAvLis, of Redditch, in the county ofNVorcester, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement inNeedle-Gases or Vrappers; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specifica-tion.

In making a needle-case or wrapper according to my invention, I take ablank piece of paper or other dexible material and fold it and paste itsoverlapping edges so as to make it into a dat tube, the said tube havingthe width ofthe case or wrapper to be made, and being somewhat longerthan twice the length of the said case. From one side of the said ilattube portions are cut away at its middle and at its ends. 'When the saidtube is folded at its middle (the cutaway side being inward) and theends are turned down it constitutes a double wrapper, in each of theflaps or sides of which twenty-five or other number of needles, stuck onfabric in the ordinary way, may be introduced. The cut-away parts of thecase or wrapper exhibit both the heads and points of the needles. Beforeelosin g the two sides or iiaps of the case or wrapper the ends areturned down so as to cover the tops of the needles. rlhe case or wrappermay be inserted in a sheath of the ordinary kind.

' Having explained the nature of my invention, I will proceed todescribe, with reference to the accompanying drawing, the mann er inwhich the same is to be performed.

Figure l represents the blank piece of paper or other flexible materialfrom which I make my improved needle case or wrapper. rIhe said blank orpiece of paper is a length greater than twice that of the case orwrapper to be made, and is divided by the longitudinal creases a a intothree parts, marked respectively c d d2, each part having the width ofthe finished ease or wrapper. From the central part l of the blankportions marked e f g are cut away. By folding the outer parts c d2 ofthe, blank, Fig. l, upon the perforated or cut-away middle part d theblank is converted into a dat tube, as illustrated in front view, andedge view, and section in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the overlapping' partsc d2 being pasted together. The iia-t tube, Fig. 2, so made is nextfolded at its middle on the transverse crease h, the cut-away side beinginward, as represented in edge view (open and closed) and side view inFig. A double case or wrapper is thereby made in eaeh of the sides d*dx, of which twenty-live or other number of needles, stuck upon fabricin the usual way, may be introduced. Fig. 3 represents the two sides d lof the case or wrapper filled with needles, the cutaway parts e f g ofthe case exhibiting both the heads and points of the needles. Beforeclosing the two sides el d of the case or Wrapper the ends cl3 Z3 areturned down so as to cover the tops of the needles, as seen in theclosed case 5. Fig. 4 represents the ease or wrapper made Iaccording tomy invention, in which one only of the sides or ilaps istilled withneedles. In this single ease or wrapper the end of the case below .thecut-away part g is removed, as represented, and the opening left forms asheath, in which the .iiap d3 is inserted, forming a perfeet packet.Fig. 6 represents the single case or wrapper, Fig. 4, folded at itsmiddle. The double or single case or wrapper, Figs. 5 and 6, may beinserted in a sheath, as represented in Fig. 7. For convenience inremoving the case or wrapper from the sheath, the top of the case orwrapper is provided with a tab, il, by griping which between the fingerand thumb the case may be readily withdrawn from the sheath. I vary thewidth of the case or wrapper according to the number of needles theliaps or sides are required to hold.

Having now described the nature of my invention and the manner `in whichthe same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do notlimit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated, asthe same may be varied without departing from the nature of my invention5 but I claim as my invention- The improvements in needle-cases orwrappers hereinbefore described and illustrated in the ac-

